THE EFFECTS OF PROBLEM BASED LEARNING MODEL AND STAD COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUE ON ANALYTICAL THINKING ABILITY FOR GRADE 7 STUDENTS

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were 1) To compare the analytical thinking ability of students before and after using the Problem based learning model together with the STAD cooperative learning technique. And 2) To compare the learning achievement in science subjects after using the Problem Based learning model together with the STAD cooperative learning technique, 65 percent higher than the threshold. The design of this research is quasi-experimental research. One-group pretest-posttest Design. The sample in this research is a Grade 7 students at Angsilapittayakom School in Chonburi Province. Academic year 2021, 37 students were obtained by cluster random sampling. The research instruments were lesson plan using Problem Based learning model and STAD cooperative learning technique, analytical thinking test, and Science Learning Achievement Test. The data was analyzed by using Mean, Standard Deviation, dependent sample t-test and one sample t-test.

          The results were summarized as follows:

          1. The posttest scores of analytical thinking of grade 7 students after learning with the Problem Based learning model and STAD cooperative learning technique were statistically significantly higher than the pretest scores at the .05

          2. The posttest scores of Science Learning Achievement of grade 7 students after learning with the Problem Based learning model and STAD cooperative learning technique were statistically significantly higher than the 65 percent criteria at the .05 level.